It isn't media! these games i burned myself at 1x on verbs and they worked EVERY time with the knife trick (and i mean Everytime) strange thing is with my ps2 tho is that its doing it with my original GT3 i never had probs before the install of the "m".

The only thing i can think of is that the "m" is faulty/tempremental so does the messiah take over the ps2 completely and thats why my GT3 doesn't work? i should be getting a new chip in soon hopefully and will post on ere how it goes,

My Phoenix chipped ps2 boots everything but I did get a parrappa 2 dvdr from a very reliable source that does not play with any sound. weird- the guy says he remembers triple checking it. Also ps1 discs are a ***** to boot. 2 steps forward- one step back.
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Well today nothing would boot, i took the ps2 up to my mates he checked the wiring and re-did the cd/dvd controller points and again still nothing happend! even originals wouldn't boot. I took the chip out this afternoon an first go GT3 original booted! new chip tomoz i will post how it goes!! lol

Just got my Messiah ps2 today, and everything is playing perfectly, apart from one instance where I got a black screen, but just hit reset - this was on cheap media and it had a dusty surface though! On another note, when I play ps2 cd-rs, the white PS2 logo that comes up is different from when I play originals - its not as clear, is this normal? Also was quite amused to see this logo being replaced for something else by the cracker!!